BW mud hoppers at Sharpness. No 8 on the right is unusually of the swim head type. 20th July 2008.

BW mud hopper 11 at Saul Junction on 25th March 1990.

BW mud hopper 17 in the mid 1990s at Purton, Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.

A stern view of hopper No. 19, one of the fleet of unpowered barges used to move dredgings on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.

BW mud hopper 21 laid up at Purton on 17th June 2007.

Another view of mud hopper 21 at Purton. 17th June 2007.

Wide beam mud hoppers 80606 and 501276 at Bulbourne. 22nd June 2008.

A wide beam mud hopper at Bulbourne. 22nd June 2008.

Maintenance barge "Burnley" at Purton on 17th June 2007.

The barge "Calder" somewhere on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in the late 1970s.

Crane barge "Gloucester" and the Charles Hill built lighter "Frenchey" at Gloucester Docks on 4th September 1996. (Many thanks to Paul Barnett for identifying the lighter).

Maintenance barge "Liverpool" at Purton on 17th June 2007.

Mud hoppers moored near Purton, Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.

Mud hoppers laid up at Purton on 6th April 2006.

Mud hoppers and tug "Speedwell" at Purton. 1999.

Maintenance barge "Teme" at Gloucester Docks on 14th April 2007.

Manchester Ship Canal Co. crane barge no. 2.